TOP 100 COMPANIES HEADQUARTERED IN …

1 Table TOP 100 COMPANIES HEADQUARTERED IN connecticut . Ranked by Total Sales Rank 1998 1997 Company Town Sales in Dollars Main Products or Services 1 1 General Electric Co. Inc. Fairfield $79,179,000,000 Diversified manufacturing & technology 2 2 United Technologies Corp. Hartford 23,273,000,000 Aerospace, transportation, building products 3 3 GTE Corp. Stamford 21,339,000,000 Telecommunications 4 4 Xerox Corp. Stamford 17,378,000,000 Copiers, office products and systems 5 7 Tosco Corp. Stamford 9,923,000,000 Oil refineries 6* 39 Holberg Industries, Inc. Greenwich 6,780,000,000 Shoes 7 6 Tenneco Inc. Greenwich 6,648,000,000 Energy, packaging materials 8* 20 Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu Int'l Wilton 6,500,000,000 Professional services 9 9 Union Carbide Corp. Danbury 6,106,000,000 Chemicals and plastics 10 8 Champion International Corp. Stamford 5,880,000,000 Paper and wood products 11 5 Fortune Brands, Inc. Old Greenwich 5,776,000,000 Office, hardware, home products 12 13 Praxair Inc.

2 Danbury 4,449,000,000 Industrial gases 13 11 Pitney Bowes Inc. Stamford 3,858,000,000 Office machines 14 10 Northeast Utilities Berlin 3,792,000,000 Electricity 15 14 Echlin Inc. Branford 3,569,000,000 Motor vehicle parts 16* 16 Doctor's Associates (Subway) Milford 3,250,000,000 Fast-food franchises 17 15 The Pittston Co. Inc. Greenwich 3,106,000,000 Coal, security services 18 28 Oxford Health Plans Inc. Norwalk 3,075,700,000 Managed-care plans 19 19 The Stanley Works New Britain 2,671,000,000 Tools, hardware, specialty hardware 20 12 Olin Corp. Norwalk 2,638,000,000 Ammunition, chemicals, metals 21 17 Caldor Inc. Norwalk 2,602,000,000 Retail department stores 22 32 CUC International Inc. Stamford 2,348,000,000 Membership services 23 23 Witco Corp. Greenwich 2,263,000,000 Specialty chemicals, petroleum products 24 22 Ames Department Stores Inc. Rocky Hill 2,162,000,000 Department stores 25 25 General Signal Corp.

3 Stamford 2,065,000,000 Diversified manufacturing 26 26 Southern New England Telecommunications New Haven 1,941,000,000 Telecommunications 27 35 Micro Warehouse Inc. South Norwalk 1,916,000,000 Computer marketing 28 27 Crane Co. Stamford 1,848,000,000 Diversified manufacturing 29 61 Crompton & Knowles Corp. Stamford 1,804,000,000 Dyes, chemicals , machinery 30 30 Cognizant Corp. Westport 1,730,000,000 Pharmaceutical, media, technology research 31 29 EMCOR Group Inc. Norwalk 1,669,000,000 Mechanical, electrical services 32 37 World Color Press Inc. Greenwich 1,641,000,000 Commercial printing 33 44 Silgan Corp. Stamford 1,405,000,000 Metal, plastic & paper products 34 34 UST Inc. Greenwich 1,396,000,000 Tobacco, wine & other products 35 36 ACNielsen Corp. Stamford 1,359,000,000 Marketing, research and analysis 36 40 Air Express International Corp. Darien 1,335,000,000 Freight shipping 37 48 Citizens Utilities Co.

4 Inc. Stamford 1,306,000,000 Electric, telephone, natural gas, water 38 43 Hubbell Inc. Orange 1,297,000,000 Electrical parts 39 41 Landstar Systems Inc. Shelton 1,297,000,000 Trucking 40 42 Perkin-Elmer Corp. Norwalk 1,276,000,000 Analytical and life science instruments 41 38 Rayonier Inc. Stamford 1,178,000,000 Pulp, timber, lumber products 42 47 First Brands Corp. Danbury 1,120,000,000 Plastics & assorted products 43 51 United States Surgical Corp. Norwalk 1,112,700,000 Surgical instruments 44 45 Dexter Corp. Windsor Locks 1,112,400,000 Aerospace, electronics, food packaging 45* 49 Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprises Inc. Mashantucket 1,100,000,000 Gaming, lodging, entertainment 46 52 ADVO Systems Inc. Windsor 1,016,000,000 Direct-mail marketing 47 ^ Howmet International Corp. Stamford 1,000,000,000 Superalloy and titanium casting 48 55 Kaman Corp. Bloomfield 948,100,000 Advanced technology products 49 54 UCAR Int'l Inc.

5 Danbury 948,000,000 Electrical connectors 50 57 Amphenol Corp. Wallingford 776,200,000 Electronic cables, connectors 51* 58 American Metals & Coal Int. Greenwich 750,000,000 Coal mining & marketing 52 65 Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of NY Greenwich 744,000,000 Soft-drink bottling 53 60 United Illuminating New Haven 726,400,000 Electric power 54* 62 Timex Enterprises Inc. Middlebury 700,000,000 Watches 55 ^ Hexcel Corp. Stamford 695,300,000 Engineered Materials 56 50 Terex Corp. Westport 678,000,000 Heavy construction equipment 57 72 Century Communications Corp. New Canaan 643,500,000 Cable TV & phone systems 58 64 Petroleum Heat & Power Co. Stamford 608,200,000 Home heating oil 59 67 Barnes Group Inc. Bristol 595,000,000 Springs and metal components 60 85 Mariner Health Group Inc. Mystic 590,800,000 Health-care facilities clinics 61 71 Ethan Allen Inc. Danbury 571,800,000 Furniture and household products 62* 69 American Color Graphics Inc.

6 Stamford 536,342,000 Printing, digital pre-press services 63 66 General Host Corp. Stamford 530,700,000 Nurseries & craft retailer 64* ^ Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority Uncasville 520,000,000 Gaming & Entertainment 65 73 Playtex Family Products Corp. Westport 498,700,000 Personal-care products 66 81 Blyth Industries Inc. Greenwich 495,700,000 Cement 67 78 Physicians Health Services Inc. Trumbull 481,500,000 Health-care plans 68 80 Lynch Corp. Greenwich 451,900,000 Packaging, communications 69 ^ United Natural Foods Dayville 421,700,000 Groceries and related products 70 76 Starter Corp. New Haven 405,900,000 Licensed and branded sports apparel 71 ^ Gartner Group Stamford 394,700,000 Computer research, analysis 72 77 Gerber Scientific Inc. South Windsor 380,900,000 Scientific instruments 73* 74 Chase Enterprises Inc. Hartford 380,000,000 Diversified operations 74* 75 Bozzutos Inc. Cheshire 371,800,000 Wholesale groceries, convenience stores 75 82 Lone Star Industries Inc.

7 Stamford 367,700,000 Cement 76* ^ Bob's Stores Meriden 340,000,000 Retail clothing stores 77* ^ Dictaphone Corporation Stratford 332,500,000 Office Machines 78 79 Yankee Energy System Inc. Meriden 325,000,000 Natural gas 79 84 CTG Resources (CT Natural Gas) Hartford 305,600,000 Natural gas 80 96 MacDermid Inc. Waterbury 293,700,000 Industrial chemicals, metal finishing 81 89 The Advest Group Inc. Hartford 289,300,000 Full service brokerage 82 87 Moore Medical Corp. New Britain 286,300,000 Pharmaceutical and medical supplies 83* ^ Cullman Ventures Norwalk 281,400,000 Commercial printing 84* 88 Stanadyne Automotive Corp. Windsor 280,000,000 Diesel-fuel injection equipment 85 95 Devon Group Inc. Stamford 264,400,000 Diversified graphic arts 86 ^ TransPro Inc. New Haven 264,100,000 Automotive products 87* 91 Lane Industries Inc. Meriden 260,600,000 Heavy construction 88 93 connecticut Energy Corp. Bridgeport 253,200,000 Natural gas 89 94 Lydall Inc.

8 Manchester 252,700,000 Fiber materials, components 90* ConnectiCare, Inc. Farmington 250,600,000 Health-care plans 91 90 Baldwin Technology Co. Rowayton 244,100,000 Controls & accessories for printing 92* 92 Remington Products Inc. Bridgeport 242,000,000 Household, personal care products 93 100 Bridgeport Machines Inc. Bridgeport 227,500,000 Machine Tools 94 ^ Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. Fairfield 223,300,000 Firearms 95 ^ Hyperion Software, Inc. Stamford 222,800,000 Financial management software 96 ^ Raytech Corp. Shelton 217,700,000 Brake linings, friction products 97 86 Executone Information Systems Darien 212,000,000 Telephone systems 98 97 General DataComm Industries Inc. Middlebury 207,800,000 Data information networks 99* ^ Country Home Bakers, Inc. Shelton 200,000,000 Frozen, oven-ready baked goods 100* ^ Price & Pierce, Inc. Stamford 185,000,000 Paper, pulp export Note:^ - not previously ranked; * - privately owned Source: connecticut Magazine, January 1998.

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